HC Deb 11 July 1980 vol 988 c345W
Mr. Thomas Cox

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the present number of men and women, respectively, who are over 70 years of age; and what percentage of the population these figures represent.

Sir George Young

The statistics are published regularly. The most recent figures are for mid-1979 and were published in OPCS Monitor PP1 80/4, a copy of which is in the Library.